With the 8th pick in the draft Ed Davis selects...

8. Kendall Marshall, G, UNC
Selected by: Ed Davis

"Kendall and I played on the same AAU team together," says fellow Tar Heel Davis about Marshall, who averaged 9.8 apg and had the third highest assist rate in the country last year. "He's a great leader and passes the ball well to the bigs."

For the most part, they were selecting players from their alma matter - like ceez pointed out, but also, in most instances, they made sure not to rock the boat on their own respective teams when making their selections - like for instance, Nolan Smith knows that they have Wes Matthews on the team, so he didn't select Beal on either pick. These kind of things are always tough on players.